Take Me 'Round In A Taxicab
Words by Edgar Selden
Music by Melville Gideon
Published 1908

[verse 1]
There's a new fangled cab,
that's designed to keep tab,
To show you how far you may go;
But if you're discreet,
it is easy to beat,
As any wise person must know.
A register's there,
to keep track of the fare,
While you watch the girl at your side;
Now, what could be fairer,
than that, as a squarer?
So, come take me out for a ride.

[chorus]
Take me 'round in a Taxi cab,
Taxi cab for two,
Start a pace the machine can't trace,
Be game and I'll stick with you.
Toot, toot, toot, goes the tooter,
Tick, tick, the meter can't blab,
If you want to know if I'm speedy or slow,
Take me 'round in a Taxi cab.

[verse 2]
Now, the hack and coupe,
they have both had their day,
Their nights, too,
I might say as well;
A Hansom's passe,
Broughams get in the way,
An open Barouche isn't swell.
So, come for a lark,
and we'll drive thro' the park,
At Claremont, we'll wine and we'll dine.
I don't mind caresses,
but don't muss my tresses;
The Taxi cab high-sign for mine.

[repeat chorus]